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I have a personal philosophy that helps me avoid this debate . . . I do things for other people just to help them accomplish their aims. I will also intervene into situations if I feel justice is not being served, or that someone is being abused. I share what I have with others. Would I...

It seems to me that if there is a social AGENDA of SEGREGATION based on ANY criteria, be it caste, colour, race, nationality, economic status, et cetera, it is counter to Sikh philosophy. However, at the interpersonal level there will always be some who perceive the differences between these...

Gurfateh ji, I also understand that the government is controlling the sugar mills and many harvests spoil without ever being processed, thus no income is gained from crop investment. This also is a means of driving Punjabi landlords into poverty and off the land they own. Poverty->...

Well, I figure Waheguru has brought me this far, so He will take me to wherever I am meant to be at the end of this lifetime. He has strewn my path with rose petals, luring me along in His direction. I just follow the trail with complete confidence now and a sense of humour. The five internal...

Mai Harinder Kaur, Good advice. Thank you. And I might even be doing it now but don’t know it. How does an Amritdhari live, generally or exactly? Oh, I think we all get use to the rituals of body-maintenance. I would like to and often do avoid sleeping and eating, because these routine tasks...

Mai Harinder Kaur, I've been thinking about it . . . actually I have read a lot about it. You wrote. 'do not wait until you feel worthy of Amrit' and I have to laugh, because that is exactly what keeps me from Amrit. I can't even think of wearing the kara, because I don't feel worthy of even...

Gurfateh ji, I understand getting closer to The Sat to mean aligning your individual consciousness with The Sat reality consciousness. We can run around gathering worldly knowledge, but Divine Knowledge and Wisdom gets deposited into the memory bank account. That’s the ‘event’, while gathering...

Actually, what Amarpal is talking about is scientifically and philosophically discussed in Information Theory, CEMI Theory, Theories of Consciousness, et cetera. All biological organisms operate off of electromagnetic energy. Amarpal’s thought approach those of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and...

I came across information dealing with the prevalence of people from Punjab manipulating westerners and western immigration systems to migrate out of the region. Here are a few links to stories: People will do anything in Punjab to go abroad because they see it as an honour, even if it means...

Oops. Sorry about not adding the page number. I guess I was a little too excited about finding a line that seems to say 'soul IS. . .' Here are a few similar slokas including pMc BU or derivative words. Not sure if this will help you get a better feel for the unfamiliar words and terms...

In my opinion, Traditional Gurmat Sangeet isn’t only an art, it is a science of communication technology. I strongly feel it should be preserved and promoted and I thank you for your efforts in doing so. Here's a Wiki on the Gurmat Sangeet and another on the Ragas in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib...

This project is also good for developing greater familiarity with SGGS ji too. In the end, I will know what it says explicitly and what it implies. Plus, as I go along, I am learning a little Gurmukhi and noticing that a number of Gurmukhi words are translated into the same English word...

Findingmyway ji, Tejwant Singh ji, and Narayanjot Kaur ji, Could you interpret the Gurmukhi in the following sloka, please? The English seems to explain what Light (Joyt) is in relation to soul. Can you refute or do you accept this translation? I don't see the word joyt in the RG. Awqm dyau...

Randip Singh ji, When I was seven and had an encounter with the Presence of God, I knew then that God didn't have a form. But that didn't stop me from imagining what God WOULD look like if He did have a form. . . I imagined that old man, all in white, on the portly side, with flowing white...

Tejwant Singh ji, You: ‘You have quoted 1/3 of the whole verse which is on page 47 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, in search for the word soul.’ Me: Yes. A LOT of use of the word soul throughout. You: ’ Can you please enlighten us which word in the following partial verse means soul.’ jIau pRwx mnu...